Relief Group Delivers Supplies, Picks Up Family

AmeriCares, a New Canaanbased agency that flies emergency medical supplies to troubled areas, took something back out after its mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina this week: a family of seven.

Evacuated Wednesday were four girls -- aged 7, 10, 11 and 13 -- a 3-year-old boy and their parents, the agency said.

Several of the girls had been held in a Serbian detention center, said Drew Hannah, AmeriCares vice president of operations. The girls, aged 10 and 11, talked of being raped repeatedly while in the camps, he said.

The family was airlifted to Leipzig, Germany, to be hospitalized for fatigue and war-related injuries.